Daphne Rubin-Vega, the former Rent star who can currently be seen as Fantine in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables, celebrates the release of her new CD with a concert at the Cutting Room Oct. 30.

Daphne Rubin-Vega

The two-time Tony-nominated singer-actress will perform at the downtown club at 7:30 PM. Rubin-Vega will offer tunes from "Redemption Songs," which was released Oct. 17 on the Sh-K-Boom Records label.

Daphne Rubin-Vega was most recently on Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Anna in the Tropics, earning a Tony Award nomination for her performance. She was also Tony-nominated for her role as Mimi in the original company of Rent. Rubin-Vega appeared in Broadway's The Rocky Horror Show, and her Off-Broadway credits include Everythings Turning Into Beautiful, Bernarda Alba, Fucking A, Gum and Two Sisters and a Piano. On screen she has been seen in "Wild Things," "Flawless" and "Skeleton Woman." Her previous solo recording, "Rocket Man," is available from Emerge Records.

The Cutting Room is located in Manhattan at 19 West 24th Street, between Broadway and Sixth Avenue. There is a $12 cover charge (in advance) or $15 at the door. Call (212) 691-1900 for reservations or visit www.thecuttingroomnyc.com.